Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Hospitals in Mauritius

One of my biggest aim is to show the public the reality of our hospitals :S

Let me first tell you a small story...
Victoria Hospital(Candos, Mauritius), where everyday several cases come, several people die...but the real reason I thk I know it now....
My story started this year in March. My mum having pains in her belly, went to see a private doc(gyne)to know the causes of that pain and was told that she was suffering from a severe fibroid disease. She was given a request form that she must show in the hospital to be able to get operated as soon as possible. Therefore, I took her to Victoria Hospital...The doctor,without doing any checkups,told her to come for another appointment in 2 months as he was going on holidays...meaning in June, and also told her that nothing was serious as there was "1 fibrone" only. Mum, happy to hear that "nthg was serious", returned home and continued to do her usual tasks. Everyday she had strange pains and bleeding continued for several weeks. After 2 months she went again for appointment with the same doc, he finally told her to get admitted the next month at 7hr in the morning so that she could be operated after 2 days. Everything prepared, mum went for her operation(stresser, afraid, nervous...). As we reach there on her admission day, we had to wait for max 2 hours to be attended as the nurses came at work at 9hr. Then we had to run here and there to know where her documents were as the NURSES didn't know where her file was !!!
Angry, I took mum to her room...la salle...and I was "SHOCKED" to hear one of the nurses, in quite a relax tone, say to my mum to sit on a wooden chair as there was no bed available...meaning not before 15hr that day....n it was only 9.30 in the morning......I just requested the lady so that she can arrange a place(pli comfortable ki sa chair la) as mum was in pain...she said "Mamzel, li bizin atan mem si li dan douleur...taler si gagne place li va assizer bien bien meme"
Tears in mum's eyes she told me to remain quiet and to return home...I did as she said but I was feeling bad ...bad because I knew mum would suffer more on that chair...
She was given a bed at 14.45hr that afternoon....for lunch...THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE MUST EAT!!!! she was given some cold rice and salad when she asked them for food.
Finally after 2 days, she had to be operated...the night before her operation she was told not to eat(max 24hrs) and was given some medicines. Her doctor didn't come to visit her at all those 3 days...god knows if he knew he had to do her operation!!!
On her operation day, they placed a "la sonne" with her in the morning. We were not told at wat time the operation would be performed. At 11hr, the assistant doc came and told my mum that "nu pa pou kpv faire ou operation akoz la salle operation en reparation!!!" and they sent her home

THIS IS PUBLIC SERVICE!!!!!

Finally, I took mum to Medisave and did her operation there....the Doc there told us that mum was in last stage and in a few days the "fibrones(8 in all)" would have turned into Cancer!!!

I HATE HOSPITALS NOW...
si ti zot fami sa zot ti pou resenti li plis sa ban docteurs la ek surtou sa ban nurses la...THEY ARE REALLY IGNORANT....and MONEY MINDED!!!!
Regret that I haven't taken any pictures at that time to show u today....